A total of 390 Covid-19 cases were diagnosed in Greece on Sunday, which is 128 more than the 262 cases that had been recorded in the country just one day earlier, on Saturday.
Tragically, 36 people with the virus passed away in the country over the past 24 hour period, which is 4 fewer than those recorded yesterday, Saturday.
Currently, 421 patients with Covid-19 are intubated in Greece, 10 fewer than those who were intubated in the country on Saturday.
A large portion of Sunday’s cases were diagnosed in the areas surrounding Greece’s two largest urban centers — Athens and Thessaloniki.
In Attica, home to the capital city of Athens, there were 124 cases. A total of 78 new cases were recorded in Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city.
In total, 140,099 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the country since the beginning of the pandemic, including all those who have recovered from the virus.
Of this total, 5,463 are associated with foreign travel, and 41,926 are associated with contact with a known case.
Of the 421 patients intubated currently, 79.8% are over the age of 70 or suffer from preexisting conditions. Their median age is 67, and 282 of the patients are male.
A total of 897 patients have been discharged from ICUs around the country since the beginning of the pandemic.
The 36 new deaths recorded on Sunday bring the total number of fatalities in the country to 4,957. Of all those who lost their lives after suffering from the virus, a total of 2,938 have been male.
The median age of those who passed away with Covid-19 is 79, and 95.5% of them were over the age of 70 or suffered from underlying health issues.
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